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Publications Citing Population Distribution Data

List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using Population Distribution data.

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Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic	Dataset
Suitability of NASA's Black Marble Daily Nighttime Lights for Population Studies at Varying Spatial and Temporal Scales	2023	Martinez, Juan Fernando, MacManus, Kytt, Stokes, Eleanor C., Wang, Zhuosen, de Sherbinin, Alex	Infrastructure, Food Security, Conservation, Environmental Health Factors, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Boundaries, Population Distribution, Visible Radiance, Infrared Radiance	Global Roads Open Access Data Set, Version 1 (gROADSv1) Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): National Identifier Grid, Revision 11 VIIRS/NPP Day/Night Band 6-Min L1B Swath 750 m
Evaluation of Protected Areas in Cote dIvoire and Ghana, West Africa, Using a Remote Sensing-Based Approach	2022	Singh, Minerva, Massimino, Lorena M., Collins, Catherine Matilda	Sustainability, Natural Hazards, Environmental Health Factors, Population Distribution, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems	Development Threat Index Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems
Energy potentials and water requirements from perennial grasses on abandoned land in the former Soviet Union	2022	Nss, Jan Sandstad, Iordan, Cristina Maria, Muri, Helene, Cherubini, Francesco	Boundaries, Population Distribution	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): National Identifier Grid, Revision 11
GIS-Based Multi-criteria Approach to Assess Water Resources Vulnerability in a Changing Climate over the Arab Domain	2022	Tomaszkiewicz, Marlene A.	Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Population Distribution	Global Grid of Probabilities of Urban Expansion to 2030
Sensitivity of subregional distribution of socioeconomic conditions to	2022	Modi, Prakat, Hanasaki, Naota, Yamazaki, Dai, Boulange, Julien Eric Stanislas, Oki, Taikan	Population Size, Boundaries, Population Distribution	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11 Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): National Identifier Grid, Revision 11
Potential effects of changes in climate, population density and land use land cover on spatial distribution of Adansonia digitata suitable habitats in Africa	2022	Chitungo, Batsirai, Manyangadze, Tawanda, Ndlela, Shepard	Sustainability, Natural Hazards, Environmental Health Factors, Population Distribution	Development Threat Index
Correlating heatwaves and relative humidity with suicide (fatal intentional self-harm)	2021	Florido Ngu, Fernando, Kelman, Ilan, Chambers, Jonathan, Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja	Boundaries, Population Distribution	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): National Identifier Grid, Revision 11
Estimating population and urban areas at risk of coastal hazards, 19902015: how data choices matter	2021	MacManus, Kytt, Balk, Deborah, Engin, Hasim, McGranahan, Gordon, Inman, Rya	Boundaries, Population Distribution, Population Size, Population Estimates, Sustainability, Electricity, Energy Production/Use, Human Settlements, Sustainable Development, Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Water Resources	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): National Identifier Grid, Revision 11 Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 11 Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3 Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): Urban Extent Polygons, Revision 02 Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population Estimates, Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP), Alpha Version VIIRS Plus DMSP Change in Lights (VIIRS+DMSP dLIGHT) Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 2 Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area, Revision 11 Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Data Quality Indicators, Revision 11
Global migration is driven by the complex interplay between environmental and social factors	2021	Niva, Venla, Kallio, Marko, Muttarak, Raya, Taka, Maija, Varis, Olli, Kummu, Matti	Population Distribution	Global Estimated Net Migration Grids by Decade: 1970-2000
High extinction risk and limited habitat connectivity of Munoa's pampas cat, an endemic felid of the Uruguayan Savanna ecoregion	2021	Tirelli, Flavia P., Trigo, Tatiane C., Queirolo, Diego, Kasper, Carlos Benhur, Bou, Nadia, Peters, Felipe, Mazim, Fabio D., Martinez-Lanfranco, Juan Andres, Gonzalez, Enrique M., Espinosa, Caroline, Favarini, Marina, da Silva, Lucas Goncalves, Macdonald, David W., Lucherini, Mauro, Eizirik, Eduardo	Sustainability, Natural Hazards, Environmental Health Factors, Population Distribution	Development Threat Index
The landenergywater nexus of global bioenergy potentials from abandoned cropland	2021	Nss, Jan Sandstad, Cavalett, Otavio, Cherubini, Francesco	Boundaries, Population Distribution	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): National Identifier Grid, Revision 11
Measuring the Economic Risk of COVID-19	2020	Noy, Ilan, Doan, Nguyen, Ferrarini, Benno, Park, Donghyun	Population Distribution, Infant Mortality Rates	Global Estimated Net Migration Grids by Decade: 1970-2000 Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates, Version 2
Achievements and needs for the climate change scenario framework	2020	ONeill, Brian C., Carter, Timothy R., Ebi, Kristie, Harrison, Paula A., Kemp-Benedict, Eric, Kok, Kasper, Kriegler, Elmar, Preston, Benjamin L., Riahi, Keywan, Sillmann, Jana, van Ruijven, Bas J., van Vuuren, Detlef, Carlisle, David, Conde, Cecilia, Fuglestvedt, Jan, Green, Carole, Hasegawa, Tomoko, Leininger, Julia, Monteith, Seth, Pichs-Madruga, Ramon	Tourism, Infrastructure, Public Health, Poverty Levels, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Population Distribution	Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) Literature Database, v1, 2014-2019
Rural-urban connectivity and agricultural land management across the Global South	2020	Boudet, Fanny, MacDonald, Graham K., Robinson, Brian E., Samberg, Leah H.	Population Distribution, Population Size, Sustainability	Global Estimated Net Migration Grids by Decade: 1970-2000 Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): Population Count Grid
Urban expansion in the Atlantic Forest: applying the Nature Futures Framework to develop a conceptual model and future scenarios.	2020	Lembi, Rafael Cavalcanti, Cronemberger, Cecilia, Picharillo, Caroline, Koffler, Sheina, Sena, Pedro H. Albuquerque, Felappi, Jessica Francine, Moraes, Alice Ramos de, Arshad, Adnan, Santos, Jessie Pereira dos, Mansur, Andressa Vianna	Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Population Distribution	Global Grid of Probabilities of Urban Expansion to 2030
Divergent geography of Salmonella wangata and Salmonella typhimurium epidemiology in New South Wales, Australia	2019	Simpson, Kelly M.J., Mor, Siobhan M., Ward, Michael P., Walsh, Michael G.	MAMMALS, AMPHIBIANS, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Sustainability, Population Distribution	Gridded Species Distribution: Global Mammal Richness Grids, 2015 Release Gridded Species Distribution: Global Amphibian Richness Grids, 2015 Release Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Footprint Dataset (Geographic) Global Estimated Net Migration Grids by Decade: 1970-2000
Anthropocene refugia: integrating history and predictive modelling to assess the space available for biodiversity in a human-dominated world	2019	Monsarrat, Sophie, Jarvie, Scott, Svenning, Jens-Christian	Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Population Distribution	Global Grid of Probabilities of Urban Expansion to 2030
Microplastics on the menu: plastics pollute indonesian manta ray and whale shark feeding grounds	2019	Germanov, Elitza S., Marshall, Andrea D., Hendrawan, I. Gede, Admiraal, Ryan, Rohner, Christoph A., Argeswara, Janis, Wulandari, Raka, Himawan, Mahardika R., Loneragan, Neil R.	Emissions, Population, Population Distribution, Climate Adaptation	Global 15 x 15 Minute Grids of the Downscaled Population Based on the SRES B2 Scenario, 1990 and 2025
A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean	2019	Lebreton, Laurent, Egger, Matthias, Slat, Boyan	Emissions, Population, Population Distribution, Climate Adaptation	Global 15 x 15 Minute Grids of the Downscaled Population Based on the SRES B2 Scenario, 1990 and 2025
Decades of urban growth and development on the Asian megadeltas	2018	Small, Christopher, Sousa, Daniel, Yetman, Gregory, Elvidge, Christopher, MacManus, Kytt	Electricity, Energy Production/Use, Human Settlements, Population Distribution, Sustainable Development	VIIRS Plus DMSP Change in Lights (VIIRS+DMSP dLIGHT)
Monitoring the urban green spaces and landscape fragmentation using remote sensing: a case study in Osmaniye, Turkey	2018	Atasoy, Murat	Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Population Distribution	Global Grid of Probabilities of Urban Expansion to 2030
Satellite-Based Mitigation and Adaptation Scenarios for Sea Level Rise in the Lower Niger Delta	2018	Musa, Zahrah Naankwat	Sea Level Rise, Wetlands, Food Security, Environmental Governance/Management, Natural Hazards, Environmental Health Factors, Infrastructure, Sustainability, Population Distribution, Water Resources, Land Use/Land Cover	Sea Level Rise Impacts on Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance
How similar is China's traffic safety pattern to industrialized countries in their early stage of motorization? An analysis of death registration data for large and small ...	2017	Zhang, Jingyue, Garrick, Norman W., Atkinson-Palombo, Carol, Ahangari, Hamed	Agriculture Production, Population, Food Security, Population Distribution	China Dimensions Data Collection: China County-Level Data on Population (Census) and Agriculture, Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map
Changes in soil organic carbon stocks by urbanization	2017	Vasenev, V.I., Stoorvogel, J.J., Dolgikh, A.V., Ananyeva, N.D., Ivashchenko, K.V., Valentini, R.	Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Population Distribution	Global Grid of Probabilities of Urban Expansion to 2030
Geosynchronous inclined orbits for high-latitude communications	2017	Fantino, E., Flores, R.M., Di Carlo, M., Di Salvo, A., Cabot, E.	Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Population Size, Population Distribution	ISLSCP II Global Population of the World